Tab-end button.



Patented June 30, 1914.

H. J. STUART.

TAB END BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED 11mm, 1914.

UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

HENRY J. STUART, 0F DERBY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE R. N. BASS'ETT COMPANY, OF DERBY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

TAB-END BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1914:.

Application filed April 11, 1914. Serial No. 831,117.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. STUART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Derby, New Haven county, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tab-End Buttons, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a new and improved method of threading tab end buttons so-called, such devices being commonly employed in connection with hose supporters, the invention in the present case relating merely to the means for connecting the supporting tape to the button element.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a front view, relatively enlarged. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, partially threaded. Fig. 3 is a similar view, fully threaded.

l is a button.

2 is a base plate having a transverse slot 3 above the button, and having an intermediate slot 1 just below the button, and a lower slot 5 just below the slot l.

6 represents a strip of webbing. This webbing is threaded through the several slots in the frame 2, the course being as follows: through the upper slot 3 from the front to the rear; thence down to and through the intermediate slot 4 from the rear to the front; thence down to and around the lower edge of the frame 2; thence up along the back to and again through the slot 1, said slot being of sufficient size to permit two thicknesses of tape to pass therethrough; thence down to and through the lowest slot 5 from the front to the rear; thence down to and around the extreme lower end of the frame, the extreme lower end of the tape terminating in front of the plate 2 between the lower edge thereof and the slot 4.

As will be seen, the course of the webbing is so tortuous that substantial friction occurs when strain is applied, said friction being sufficient alone to prevent slippage. The danger of chafing the tape by the lower edge of the plate 2 is reduced to a minimum since the extreme lower end of the tape where it passes around the lower edge of the frame acts as a chafing strip or pad separating the outer layer of the tape from the frame 2. The particular order in which the tape is passed through the slots is immaterial, but the simplest and most expeditious manner comprises first inserting the tape as shown in Fig. 2, then turning the ends forwardly and passing the long end through the intermediate slot 4 from the front to the rear as shown in Fig. 3, then carrying the long end up to and through the upper slot from the rear to the front.

What I claim is:

In a tab end, a button-supporting plate, a transverse slot in the upper end thereof above the button, an intermediate slot therein below the button, and a lower slot therein below the intermediate slot, and a piece of webbing threaded through said slots as follows: through the uppermost slot from the front to the rear; thence down to and through the intermediate slot from the rear to the front; thence down to and around the lower edge of the plate; thence up along the back of the plate to and again through the intermediate slot from the rear to the front; thence down to and through the lowermost slot from the front to the rear; thencedown to and around the lower edge of the plate, the extreme lower end of the tape terminating between the lower edge of the plate and the intermediate slot and lying in front of the plate.

HENRY J. STUART.

Witnesses:

AG ES R. GREETMAN, WILLIAM MCNAMABA.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Iatents,

Washington, D. G. 

